Mikalai Shliazhko
Date of birth: 3 April 1970
Charges indicted:
Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Sentence: 2 1/2 years
Penalty: restricted freedom under home confinement ("domashnyaya khimiya")
Judge: Volha Yemelyanchanka
Mikalai Shliazhko and his wife were detained while leaving Belarus to visit their children. He was kept in the pre-trial detention center until the trial.
On February 9, 2024, he was sentenced to two years and six months of restricted freedom under home confinement (domashnyaya khimiya).
On March 7, 2024, he was added to the 'extremist list'.
